wrong urls..? taxo_menu vs. taxonomy vs. pathauto

well - is it a 'bug report' or a 'task'..?! I actually almost have the feeling it would be a 'bug'.. - ..but I don't know yet.. - ..so I categorized this under 'feature request'..:]

this is what I stumbled upon - still stumbling actually: for sub-terms taxonomy_menu generates urls like "taxonomy_menu/3/27" whereas taxonomy usually generates something like "taxonomy/term/27", no matter if it's a parent-term or a child or a child of a child..

I now have two problems with this:

a) I cant use any type of url-beautification, since I have TWO urls pointing to ONE taxonomy-page
b) the taxonomy-links found on the node pages won't trigger the otherwise beautiful taxonomy_menu-tree..

Is there a way to teach the module taxonomy_menu to write and use the same type of urls that the taxonomy-module uses anyways..? Or is it essential for taxonomy_menu to have the tree-like structure already represented/nested inside the urls - so that it always knows where it is and what branch/leaf should be highlighted and so on...?

I would really be delighted if somebody could help with this matter - and I actually think that it would be an essential feature for taxonomy_menu to make it really work and cooperate with the taxonomy..!

looking forward for everything..:] ..greetz, till..